Got to the airport checked in, all went smoothly much to my surprise; just the security queue went on for ever. Oh one thing did happen, I was picked out for secondary screening, don’t think they picked me specifically just picked people at random, what this meant was that all my carry on bags were swabbed for traces of explosives, they even did my camera, the lady who did it was muttering all the time about the extra work load and not having enough staff, she was not happy with her bosses.
Getting of the plane the other end was totally different, real smooth not a lot of security. Going through customs you just pushed a button sort of a traffic light affair, if the light turned green it was a pass, if it went red it was a fail and you got searched totally random number syndrome, just the luck of the draw, when I pushed it turned green, so off I went into Mexico.
Got out in to the airport arrivals and for anyone who has been to Thailand it was just like that, people touting for taxis, limousines, hotels, rental cars and everything in between.
Had decided to hire a car for a couple of days do went to a rental counter, straight away she pounced, I knew she was ripping me off a bit but it was only for a couple of days and by this time I was past caring and just wanted to get to the hotel.
Got a little Fiat, well got a voucher for a Fiat then had to be taken to the rental place, which was a mile or so away. Hertz this time, got to say everything looked good but it was so badly organised it took about and 11/2hrs to actually get the car and by that time I was really past caring, it could have had three wheels for all I cared.
It was about 7.30 and dark by the time I finally got into the car and drove off into the night, they’d given me a manual car and after three months of driving and automatic I kept forgetting about the clutch and the gear stick was on the wrong side, felt a bit sorry for the gears they really went through a bit of a hammering that first night.
Got to the hotel and checked in about 8.30, room and everything think was pretty good, anyway had a quick shower bit of a rest and went out to look at Cancun and get some Tacos and a couple of bottles of Sol.
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